Banksy Finally Unmasked? Reuters Investigation Claims to Reveal Graffiti Artist’s True Identity “Beyond Dispute”

Journalists at Reuters claim to have unmasked Banksy, the anonymous graffiti artist who has long ruled the U.K. art scene with politically provocative murals.

In an investigation published Friday titled In Search of Banksy, reporters Simon Gardner, James Pearson and Blake Morrison detail a complex and extensive hunt for Banksy’s real name, pulling information from a trip to Ukraine, where he was photographed and met with locals; a fallout with Jamaican photographer Peter Dean Rickards, who is said to have posted photos of Banksy’s face; and a 2000 New York arrest, where they discovered a signed, handwritten confession.

The Reuters staff argue that Bristol native Banksy is not Robert Del Naja, the frontman of Massive Attack, who has been rumored to be the famous artist due to his politics and own graffiti passions. The investigation was muddied by Del Naja’s also being in Ukraine in 2022, but the…